2025 Rotary Car Show units data for funds, attendance, and enjoyable

||| FROM BARBARA MERRITT for ROTARY CAR SHOW |||

Under clear skies and heat breezes, the seventeenth Annual Rotary Car Show drew file crowds and fundraising success at San Juan Vineyard on August 10. Over 500 spectators from throughout the nation loved a shocking line-up of 74 traditional and modern autos, whereas web proceeds supported key group causes together with the Joyce L. Sobel Family Resource Center, 36 Weekends (Nutrition for Island Children), PolioPlus (Rotary International’s world polio eradication effort), and the Rotary Foundation of the San Juan Islands.

The present featured an thrilling number of autos that highlighted humor, historical past, and innovation.

Award Highlights

• Best of Show & 1st Place – Truck Division: John Moalli’s 1956 Willys Jeep, painted transport yellow..
• People’s Choice & 1st Place – European Car: Barney Cohen’s 1962 Porsche 356 twin-grille Roadster – a uncommon gem, with solely 248 ever made.
• American Sedan: Cheryl Gossman, 1965 Ford Mustang.
• Alternative Fuel Vehicles: Bruce Nyden, 2008 Tesla Roadster #101.
• Custom Modified Hot Rod: Lee Collyer, Custom Purple Ranch Wagon.
• Motorcycle Division: Leslie Brenan – constructed to measurementPre-WWII Vehicles (new class): Town of Friday Harbor, 1923 Cadillac Firetruck.
• Tractor Division: Craig Starr, who entered 4 of his 16 tractors. His 1926 Farmall gained 1st Place, whereas his 1923 Buick Touring Car additionally positioned third within the Pre-WWII class.

Featured Exhibits

• Tesla Roadster #2, owned by Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard, was on show. Eberhard additionally served as an expert decide, alongside Ben Hempstead of EV Conversions & Restomods.
• A reproduction of the 1965 Shelby Daytona Coupe, which gained that 12 months’s World Sports Car Championship, was generously transported from La Conner by builder Stu Gustafson.

Live music by the rock band Bar Code stored the gang dancing, whereas Rotary President and MC Scott Sluis entertained all through the day.

Community Support
Rotary extends heartfelt because of San Juan Vineyard for offering such a spectacular venue, and to greater than 40 native sponsors, together with:

Town of Friday Harbor Lodging Tax Grant • Bakery San Juan • Banner Bank • Bellagrey Boutique • Browne’s Home Center • Discovery Sea Kayaks • Earthbox Inn & Spa • EV Conversions & Restomods • Farmers Insurance/Tammy Cotten • Friday Harbor Drug • Friday Harbor Electric • Friday Harbor Eye Clinic • Friday Harbor House • Green Man Landscape & Design • Harbor Rental & Saw Shop • Heritage Bank • Inter-Island Propane • IPS (Island Petroleum Services) • Island Group Sotheby’s • Island Hearing Healthcare • Island Home Finishes • Karl Eberhard, Architect • Kings Market • Linda Chowdry, Author • M & W Auto Sales & Rentals • PeaceWell being Peace Island Medical Center • Printonyx • Ray’s Pharmacy • Roche Harbor Resort • Safe Harbor Insurance • San Juan Interiors • Sandstrom Law • Savi Bank • Sotheby’s Island Group • Star Surveying • Susie’s Mopeds • Tammy Cotton Insurance • Walden Restaurant • Windermere Real Estate • and plenty of others.

Who says giving again can’t be enjoyable?
The Rotary Club of the San Juan Islands is all the time on the lookout for new members. To study extra, go to or contact Membership Chair Holly Henry at [email protected].